Simon BiggsOct 16, 20191 minRoyal Marines - Making Safe Mines and BombsThey make safe enemy bombs and mines. 16 October 1944, Boulogne. The RMS and BDO (Render Mines Safe and Bomb Disposal Officer) and his...
Simon BiggsOct 6, 20194 minOperation Impact Plain - Battle of the Pump House - 40 CDO RM Last Action of WWIIOperation Roast Battle of the Argenta Gap, Lake Comacchio, Italy, launched on the 1st April 1945 involving the whole of 2 Commando...
Si BiggsOct 4, 20194 minMajor FJ Ricketts Royal Marines - 'Colonel Bogey'Frederick Joseph Ricketts (21 February 1881 – 15 May 1945) was an English composer of marches for band. Under the pen name Kenneth J....
Simon BiggsOct 2, 20191 minKing George V inspects Royal Marine cadets and officers at Deal 1917IWM Archive Film: IWM 201 King George V inspects Royal Marine cadets and officers at Deal, 1917 The King, in Field Marshal's uniform,...
Simon BiggsOct 1, 20192 minThe RMA Howitzer Brigade in FranceThe RMA Howitzer Brigade in France In October 1914 the RMA was reorganised to provide two artillery brigades for the Western Front. One...
Simon BiggsOct 21, 20183 minRoyal Marines at The Battle of Trafalgar - Death of Nelson - 21st October 1805Lord Nelson's victory over the combined fleets at Trafalgar, the most decisive sea battle in British history. Ninety-three officers and...
Simon BiggsOct 1, 20184 minLieutenant-Colonel 'Pug' Davis - founding father of the Special Boat Service, and won a DSC Lieutenant-Colonel "Pug" Davis (1923 - 2011 aged 87), was the founding father of the Special Boat Service, and won a DSC for a daring...